Francesco Forti and Marcello Serafini will play each other in the qualifications of the San Benedetto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CAMPO 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Forti who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Forti is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Forti -> 1.4
Marcello Serafini -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Forti vs. Marcello Serafini
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Forti and Marcello Serafini clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Forti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Forti won 6-2 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Modena Challenger back in June 2023.
Francesco Forti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-33 | 20-8 | 26-21 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 1-1 | 29-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-29 | 1-1 | 35-20 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 333, the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Federico Iannaccone 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Iannaccone (6-4 6-4). During the match, Forti scored 78 points vs Iannaccone’s 69. Forti was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Forti recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Francesco Forti lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Forti put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Forti broke Iannaccone 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Forti has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (189-138). 17-11 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Forti has a composed128-93 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Francesco’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir.
Francesco has a compiled 31-19 win-loss record in 2023, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Benedetto Challenger
Marcello Serafini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 0-2 | 30-21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 14-6 | 20-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-21 | 12-6 | 15-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 475 (career-high), Serafini reached the qualifications after defeating Jacopo Bilardo 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Bilardo (6-2 6-1). During the match Serafini scored 52 points vs Bilardo’s 31. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Serafini made 4 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marcello Serafini was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bilardo 4 times.
Marcello’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Chieti.
The Italian has a composed 19-20 win-loss record in 2023, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Forti | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 |
| Pts | 78-69 | 52-31 |
| Total Points | 147 | 83 |
| Winners | 39 | 26 |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% |
Both Forti and Serafini played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Forti and Serafini have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Forti played 5 games more than Serafini. The Italian scored 39 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Serafini managed to score 26 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Forti | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 35/45 |
| %1st in | 66% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 7/10 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 70% |
Forti fired 5 aces . Serafini recorded 4 aces . Forti won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Serafini won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Forti | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 57% | 100% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Francesco broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Marcello broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Serafini was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Forti | |||
| Q1 Iannaccone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 78-69 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 56/85 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 39/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 11/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Serafini | |||
| Q1 Bilardo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 52-31 | 52-31 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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